Friday, February 09, 2007

how do you make statistics fun?

presenting something that has been done many times in a new or interesting way is not easy. you don't always have the time, energy, or creativity to come up with something new. and statistics is just the archetype for boring presentations, how fun is it to see a few numbers here, some diagrams there and a pie chart over here?
being faced with such a challenge for the reflection meeting tomorrow (presenting the number of study circles, children's classes and devotional meetings), we took a different approach. with inspiration from new york, the help of google earth and a lot of our own craziness, we've made a different sort of presentation of how things are looking in the stockholm cluster. instead of just seeing a few numbers and a diagram, you now fly over the entire greater stockholm area, and can see where each study circle/devotional/children's class is taking place, accompanied by some music.
not only does this give you a greater understanding of how things are looking, you'll also be able to know where you can invite your friends, because you've seen it on a map. it's much easier remembering when you've seen the actual building than just trying to remember that there was a devotional somewhere in sollentuna.

I'll put the presentation online so you can have a look at it. it's very easy to do, just takes a bit of time and searching, but the results can be quite amazing, and also very helpful for those who really aren't into statistics and numbers.

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